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October 27, 2013, 05:15:36 AM |
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Hi all,
I was so excited to set up my Mercury today.
Got the PSU all hooked up, took two boots but then it was up and running.
Thought things were going so well I should go ahead and upgrade to the latest version, since I was instructed to do so IN ALL CAPS.
Well, firmware revision 0.97 isn't making me love this machine. It is "hashing" at 0.1 Gh/sec...
I get a CGMiner status on the web GUI "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)"
I did nothing but flash to the latest firmware. What gives? Anyone else have problems with 0.97?
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thank you,
_theJestre
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:16:53 AM |
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Almost wishing i had a bad board to play with. Mine are running so so... once there are warm they error rates drop to about 7-9% and usually hashes about 550-554 SO i don't want to go and make things worse. Though if i had a board that i was sending back to RMA i couldn't help my self but try and heat it up . tomorrow i might check and see if a little more pressure dose help mine at all.. if so i might just grind off a little on the spacers.
I found a few screws that attach the heat sink to the board to be a tad loose and was able to get get a half to a full twist on them. I already know mine are down tight. I took mine apart the first day i had it... witch is why Im thinking about grinding a little off the spacer to make it a bit more tight. but first ill test tomorrow if any more pressure helps. Would go ahead and try tonight. But i had a couple drinks earlier.... And well drinking and tinkering with a 7k machine don't go to well together in my books lol. Wait tell im nice and fresh tomorrow. Haha right! Even when I'm 100% sober I feel nervous doing anything, to apply pressure on the heat sink took me almost 1.5 days to do. @Phoenix1969 Glad to hear you found a "bug" |
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:17:53 AM |
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Hi all,
I was so excited to set up my Mercury today.
Got the PSU all hooked up, took two boots but then it was up and running.
Thought things were going so well I should go ahead and upgrade to the latest version, since I was instructed to do so IN ALL CAPS.
Well, firmware revision 0.97 isn't making me love this machine. It is "hashing" at 0.1 Gh/sec...
I get a CGMiner status on the web GUI "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)"
I did nothing but flash to the latest firmware. What gives? Anyone else have problems with 0.97?
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thank you,
_theJestre
Yeah downgrade to .96 immediately. Are your fans running? |
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thejestre
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October 27, 2013, 05:19:45 AM |
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Yeah downgrade to .96 immediately. Are your fans running?
Yes, fans are running. .96, not .961? Thanks, going right now. What gives with the bad firmware? Thank you, _theJestre |
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:21:53 AM |
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Yeah downgrade to .96 immediately. Are your fans running?
Yes, fans are running. .96, not .961? Thanks, going right now. What gives with the bad firmware? Thank you, _theJestre .96.1 only if CGMiner restarts every 20-30 minutes. Not enough time to develop it. My understating is they got the chips and started shipping with out having any real time to code the firmware. |
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thejestre
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October 27, 2013, 05:23:59 AM |
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What does it mean when the big red light is on?
Just upgraded to 0.96.
Thanks,
_theJestre
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:25:09 AM |
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What does it mean when the big red light is on?
Just upgraded to 0.96.
Thanks,
_theJestre
Not sure, I don't think I've seen that. I forgot to mention I had to run the EnableCores.bin after downgrading from .97 to .96 as it also disabled all cores on all dies and they didn't re-enable on downgrade. |
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Phoenix1969
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October 27, 2013, 05:26:08 AM |
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Hi all,
I was so excited to set up my Mercury today.
Got the PSU all hooked up, took two boots but then it was up and running.
Thought things were going so well I should go ahead and upgrade to the latest version, since I was instructed to do so IN ALL CAPS.
Well, firmware revision 0.97 isn't making me love this machine. It is "hashing" at 0.1 Gh/sec...
I get a CGMiner status on the web GUI "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)"
I did nothing but flash to the latest firmware. What gives? Anyone else have problems with 0.97?
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thank you,
_theJestre
All you had to do was clear your browser cache, and restart the browser. |
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thejestre
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October 27, 2013, 05:26:54 AM |
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Not sure, I don't think I've seen that. I forgot to mention I had to run the EnableCores.bin after downgrading from .97 to .96 as it also disabled all cores on all dies and they didn't re-enable on downgrade.
Run the EnableCores.bin like uploading firmware? Thanks so much for the info. |
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thejestre
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October 27, 2013, 05:27:30 AM |
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Hi all,
I was so excited to set up my Mercury today.
Got the PSU all hooked up, took two boots but then it was up and running.
Thought things were going so well I should go ahead and upgrade to the latest version, since I was instructed to do so IN ALL CAPS.
Well, firmware revision 0.97 isn't making me love this machine. It is "hashing" at 0.1 Gh/sec...
I get a CGMiner status on the web GUI "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)"
I did nothing but flash to the latest firmware. What gives? Anyone else have problems with 0.97?
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thank you,
_theJestre
All you had to do was clear your browser cache, and restart the browser. Dude, please... I used a completely different browser just to be sure. EDIT: punctuation. |
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:27:48 AM |
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Not sure, I don't think I've seen that. I forgot to mention I had to run the EnableCores.bin after downgrading from .97 to .96 as it also disabled all cores on all dies and they didn't re-enable on downgrade.
Run the EnableCores.bin like uploading firmware? Thanks so much for the info. No problem and yes if it's still not hashing then reboot. |
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:28:56 AM |
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Hi all,
I was so excited to set up my Mercury today.
Got the PSU all hooked up, took two boots but then it was up and running.
Thought things were going so well I should go ahead and upgrade to the latest version, since I was instructed to do so IN ALL CAPS.
Well, firmware revision 0.97 isn't making me love this machine. It is "hashing" at 0.1 Gh/sec...
I get a CGMiner status on the web GUI "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)"
I did nothing but flash to the latest firmware. What gives? Anyone else have problems with 0.97?
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Thank you,
_theJestre
All you had to do was clear your browser cache, and restart the browser. Dude, please... I used a completely different browser just to be sure... I had the same thing when I upgraded to .97 I too tried another browser. |
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Phoenix1969
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October 27, 2013, 05:29:10 AM |
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Almost wishing i had a bad board to play with. Mine are running so so... once there are warm they error rates drop to about 7-9% and usually hashes about 550-554 SO i don't want to go and make things worse. Though if i had a board that i was sending back to RMA i couldn't help my self but try and heat it up . tomorrow i might check and see if a little more pressure dose help mine at all.. if so i might just grind off a little on the spacers.
I found a few screws that attach the heat sink to the board to be a tad loose and was able to get get a half to a full twist on them. I already know mine are down tight. I took mine apart the first day i had it... witch is why Im thinking about grinding a little off the spacer to make it a bit more tight. but first ill test tomorrow if any more pressure helps. Would go ahead and try tonight. But i had a couple drinks earlier.... And well drinking and tinkering with a 7k machine don't go to well together in my books lol. Wait tell im nice and fresh tomorrow. Haha right! Even when I'm 100% sober I feel nervous doing anything, to apply pressure on the heat sink took me almost 1.5 days to do. @Phoenix1969 Glad to hear you found a "bug" yeah!... I was able to get a pair of angle pliers in there and get a twist or two on it... good stuff. I then checked all the others... most of which took at least half a turn to get tight. |
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:31:47 AM |
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Almost wishing i had a bad board to play with. Mine are running so so... once there are warm they error rates drop to about 7-9% and usually hashes about 550-554 SO i don't want to go and make things worse. Though if i had a board that i was sending back to RMA i couldn't help my self but try and heat it up . tomorrow i might check and see if a little more pressure dose help mine at all.. if so i might just grind off a little on the spacers.
I found a few screws that attach the heat sink to the board to be a tad loose and was able to get get a half to a full twist on them. I already know mine are down tight. I took mine apart the first day i had it... witch is why Im thinking about grinding a little off the spacer to make it a bit more tight. but first ill test tomorrow if any more pressure helps. Would go ahead and try tonight. But i had a couple drinks earlier.... And well drinking and tinkering with a 7k machine don't go to well together in my books lol. Wait tell im nice and fresh tomorrow. Haha right! Even when I'm 100% sober I feel nervous doing anything, to apply pressure on the heat sink took me almost 1.5 days to do. @Phoenix1969 Glad to hear you found a "bug" yeah!... I was able to get a pair of angle pliers in there and get a twist or two on it... good stuff. I then checked all the others... most of which took at least half a turn to get tight. Any change in performance or temp? |
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thejestre
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October 27, 2013, 05:38:31 AM |
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Well I still am getting the "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)" error from the web GUI.
Yes, I have cleared the cash on the browser, AND used a different browser.
More importantly I can tell it isn't doing anything because the pool isn't getting much work.
Looks like 0.96 isn't up to prime time for my Mercury. Going back to 0.95 because at least that was hashing something. Unless there is something else to do to get 0.96 to work?
Thanks,
_theJestre
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KnCMiningOp
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October 27, 2013, 05:49:27 AM |
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Well I still am getting the "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)" error from the web GUI.
Yes, I have cleared the cash on the browser, AND used a different browser.
More importantly I can tell it isn't doing anything because the pool isn't getting much work.
Looks like 0.96 isn't up to prime time for my Mercury. Going back to 0.95 because at least that was hashing something. Unless there is something else to do to get 0.96 to work?
Thanks,
_theJestre
Not that I know of. People have had bad luck with .96 too, I haven't. You did check the box in the mining page that say enable CGMiner API right? |
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Phoenix1969
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October 27, 2013, 05:57:34 AM |
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actually, yes...the hot one came down 10c
Now they are ALL 3 offically over-spec!.. 279,283,284...BAM
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thejestre
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October 27, 2013, 06:08:53 AM |
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Well I still am getting the "Running (Connect to CGMiner API failed)" error from the web GUI.
Yes, I have cleared the cash on the browser, AND used a different browser.
More importantly I can tell it isn't doing anything because the pool isn't getting much work.
Looks like 0.96 isn't up to prime time for my Mercury. Going back to 0.95 because at least that was hashing something. Unless there is something else to do to get 0.96 to work?
Thanks,
_theJestre
Not that I know of. People have had bad luck with .96 too, I haven't. You did check the box in the mining page that say enable CGMiner API right? Indeed I did, thanks. I was also letting it run for a long time and it didn't report a single share to my pool for over 7 minutes, so there is some kind of problem beyond just the web GUI not displaying CGIminer info. I don't feel like SSH'ing to the thing tonight to muck about [and also haven't really read up on what I need to avoid doing so as to not void the warranty] so I've just flashed back to 0.95 which it came with. So far I'm getting a report of ~80 Ghash/sec @ 42.0 C so I think I'll go relax and let it run overnight. At least it won't just be sitting there doing nothing. I haven't tried the 0.961 yet, maybe will see if that works tomorrow. Thanks again, _theJestre |
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Phoenix1969
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October 27, 2013, 06:16:36 AM |
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Ill bet you find the credentials are entered wrong, or something like that
was it running before?, or u just got it?
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edgar
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October 27, 2013, 06:56:11 AM |
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the crossbar screws seem to want to disintegrate despite needing a slight tightening.
most needed at least a 1/4 turn - no noticeable improvements yet
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